Lofton Cemetery

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Lofton Cemetery

This cemetery is located on what was once the Francis Lofton ranch in the town of Erle. Erle ceased to exist when Camp Beale (now Beale Air Force Base) was built. This cemetery is included in Wheatland Cemetery District, but is not included in their maintenance.

Lofton Cemetery is located off of Hwy 65 north of Wheatland, very close to the rear boundaries of Beale AFB. Going north on Hwy. 65, turn right at the sign for Beale AFB-S. Beale Rd. Go 2.7 miles and turn right on Ostrom Road. The paved road ends after 1.9 miles. Continue on the gravel road about 1.4 miles until you come to a "Y", in which the road appears to double back to the left - take this left road. Continue on until you see the cemetery back on a hill on the right, shortly after passing a house on the left side of the road. There will be two gates to go through.

Much of the information on this list would not have been possible without the incredible amount of research done by Phyllis and Bert Smith. Thank you both!

Photographed all known headstones Feb. 2005.

Last updated April 2006.

Headstone Photos

Photo	Last Name	First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes & Inscription
X		Mary	No dates		in Lawson/Laughlin plot
X	Alexander	Clarence Melton	6 Oct 1890	11 Apr 1986	Wheatland – IOOF - died Yuba Co.
X	Alexander	Susan Maria Hutchinson	12 Oct 1894	30 Mar 1969	Wheatland – died Yuba Co.
	Allen	A. W.	No date	6 Oct 1919	See Allen W. Rinehart (same person)
X	Anderson	Charles	1851	1928
X	Arnett	David	1843	1917
X	Baird	Silence	20 Jan 1806	14 Aug 1872
X	Bernard	F. D.	1817	20 Oct 1873
X	Bird	George Augustus	17 Jun 1914	1 Jul 1988	California - US Navy WW II, Korea – died Yuba Co. – self-inflicted gunshot wound
X	Bird	Wilma May Hutchinson	21 Dec 1916	10 Mar 2001	Wheatland – NDGW
X	Boardman	Cassius F.	23 Aug 1846	19 Dec 1932	Westfield, Connecticut – influenza, pneumonia
X	Boardman	Mary L. Moore	7 Aug 1845	17 May 1923	New York – gastric cancer, influenza
X	Bowser	Albert H.	1855	1926
X	Bradshaw		No date	4 (? Mo.) 1876	0-11-19 – loose piece on top of John Bradshaw’s stone
X	Bradshaw	John Harvey	1845	2 Sep 1889	Illinois - IOOF – died Yuba Co. – malarial fever
X	Bradshaw	Lieutetia Jane	29 Sep 1875	19 Dec 1875	dau. of JH & NE
X	Bradshaw	Minnie Mertle	9 Dec 1880	5 Apr 1891	California - dau. of JH & NE – died Yuba Co. – membranous croup
X	Bradshaw	Nancy E.	24 Nov 1848	18 Jan 1923
X	Bradshaw	Troy Bertie	16 Jul 1872	26 Jul 1872
X	Brook	Charles W.	1852	15 Jun 1874
X	Brook	Edwin W.	Jan 1855	1 Apr 1872	Died Yuba Co.
X	Brook	Mary	9 Aug 1826	27 Sep 1910	Aberdeen, Scotland - pneumonia
X	Brook	William	Mar 1823	30 Apr 1900	England – died Yuba Co. - exhaustion
X	Brown	Hester Inez	5 Nov 1893	20 Dec 1894	California - dau. of WR & RS - peritonitis
X	Brown	Katherine Cantlin	22 Feb 1869	9 Mar 1941	California – died Alameda Co.
X	Brown	William R.	19 Jan 1868	1 May1946	California – died Alameda Co.
	Bryden	Albert L.	18 Feb 1858	13 Nov 1932	Grass Valley, CA – diabetes mellitus, chronic bronchitis
X	Cano	Hector Aguirre	19 Jul 1926	3 Nov 1989	California - US Army WW II – died Yuba Co. – self-inflicted gunshot wound
X	Cantlin	Dennis Lafayette	15 Aug 1839	28 Oct 1907	Ottawa, Canada – Bright’s disease & heart trouble - farmer
X	Cantlin	Edith	22 Sep 1877	28 Apr 1948	Yuba Co. – died Yuba Co.
X	Cantlin	Lillian Gould Dam	1 May 1848	14 Jan 1916	Princeton, Massachusetts – pulmonary edema, broken cardiac compensation
X	Cantlin	Lottie G.	1867	1933	California
	Cantlin	Lulu	1875	1878
X	Carlson	Charles Frederick	26 Jan 1881	4 May 1953	died Yuba Co.
X	Carr	Amelia Danby	28 Nov 1868	20 Oct1885	England
	Carson	Lauren	No date	6 Aug 1917	Yuba Co.
X	Carter	Almeda Elizabeth Kuster	7 Oct 1882	2 Jan 1950	Yuba Co. - NDGW – died Yuba Co.
	Carter	Ida Ellen Jones Hall	No date	6 Sep 1923	Yuba Co. – wife of William S.
	Carter	Joseph	No dates
X	Carter	William S.	24 Mar 1866	14 Jan 1926	Devonshire, England – septicemia, carbuncle of neck
X	Creps	Chester A.	22 Dec 1883	19 Mar 1941	Yuba Co. – died Sutter Co.
X	Creps	Ella May	5 Jul 1872	9 Nov 1893	California – typhoid pneumonia
X	Creps	Ena Dina Delco	5 Mar 1894	21 Apr 1993	Santa Cruz, CA
X	Creps	Helen Sanchez	17 Mar 1918	1 Jan 1994	Mexico – died Sutter Co.
X	Creps	Infant	28 Sep 1894	28 Sep 1894	infant son of HL & LG - stillborn
X	Creps	Matilda Lofton	25 Dec 1843	8 May 1925	Dallas City, Hancock Co., Illinois
X	Creps	Penelope (Penny)	14 Nov 1930	7 Nov 1998	Marysville
X	Creps	Samuel H.	1827	22 May 1878	Pennsylvania – Mason - pneumonia
X	Creps	William Albert	30 Nov 1825	13 Mar 1906	Pennsylvania – farmer – valvular disease of heart
X	Creps	William Francis (Frank)	20 Feb 1865	3 Jun 1882
	Creps - Sciutto	Sophia	13 Mar 1979	27 Mar 2006	San Francisco, CA
X	Danby	Fanny Jane	2 Oct 1872	11 Nov 1873	Canada – died Yuba Co. - worms
	Danby	George	26 Oct 1816	21 Nov 1908	England
X	Danby	Jane Sweeney	18 Apr 1836	7 Jun 1907	Ireland – cardiac dropsy
X	Danby	Richard	Aug 1822	16 Dec 1896	England – died Yuba Co. - pneumonia
X	Docherty	Chester R.	5 Jul 1912	14 Jul 1912	California - son of Charles & Katie – acute hydrocephalus
X	Doom	J. M.	6 Aug 1832	22 Sep1870
X	Eilert	Henry	19 Jan 1826	30 May 1878	n/o Aaronsburg, PA.
X	Erwin	Mima Elizabeth Creps	21 Oct 1869	17 Mar 1954	Yuba Co. – died Yuba Co.
X	Fraser	Rosalie Kuster	1876	22 Dec 1911	pneumonia
	Gillette	Archie	No date	Mar 1918	n/o Wheatland – submarine torpedoed, KIA, poss. burial here
X	Gillette	Howard D.	18 Oct 1914	1 Feb 1987	California – died Nevada Co.
X	Gillette	Lizzie	10 Feb 1851	30 Oct 1866	wife of Geo W
X	Gillette	Ray Gifford	28 Dec 1882	4 Apr 1922	California – chronic myocarditis, acute dilation of heart after influenza
X	Gillette	Ruth Alice Nichols	21 Nov 1891	1 Jan 1923	California – pellagra, malnutrition (pancreatic cancer per family member)
	Griffith	infant	20 Oct 1923	20 Oct 1923	Premature baby – son of Ross & Stella
	Harding	Charles	13 Mar 1825	31 Aug 1891	n/o Illinois – nephritis, uremic poisoning
X	Harding	Daisy Bell	29 Apr 1858	22 Mar 1862	dau. of Wm & LJF
	Harding	Infant	No date	6 Feb 1880	child of Wm. & Laura
X	Harding	L. Jane F.	29 Jun 1841	13 Oct 1870
X	Harding	Laura	1851	6 Feb 1880	wife of Wm - childbirth
X	Harding	William	Dec 1823	25 Mar 1880
X	Harding	William F.	14 Feb 1864	25 Dec 1864	son of Wm & LJF
X	Hedger	Hattie (Hetty) Ann Bentley	14 May 1849	25 Mar 1916	New York – chronic nephritis, heart disease
X	Hedger	William A.	1836	5 Dec 1894	New York – heart disease, hemorrhages, consumption
X	Hutchinson	Ernest E.	5 Feb 1879	2 Jul 1948	n/o Wheatland – died Yuba Co.
X	Hutchinson	Helen Elizabeth Turk	10 Feb 1921	19 Sep 1994	Washington – died Yuba Co.
X	Hutchinson	Jack Earl	7 Jan 1915	3 Aug 1984	California – died Sutter Co.
X	Hutchinson	Louise Martha Kuster	28 Feb 1887	17 Dec 1955	Born & died Yuba Co.
	Hutchinson	Maria Kuster	1814	1896
X	Hutchinson	Perkins Lafayette	3 Jan 1832	14 Mar 1919	Virginia - husb of Susan – paralysis agitans, Stokes Adams disease
X	Hutchinson	Susan Maria Kuster	13 Jan 1850	19 Feb 1899	Ohio - inanition
X	Jones	Baby	14 Mar 1914	14 Mar 1914	Yuba Co. - infant son of Jason C & CL - stillborn
	Jones	J. M. (Mrs.)	1807	5 Jun 1867
X	Jones	Jane	1826	9 Jan 1862	wife of Henry
	Jones	John Moras	19 Mar 1822	12 Apr 1912	Mackmen Co., Tennessee – sarcoma of face, failure all body functions
X	Jones	Sarah Adella	19 Jul 1898	20 Feb 1900	California - dau. of SA – died Yuba Co. - pneumonia
X	Jones	Shelby Ashbury	10 Sep 1865	22 May 1907	San Juan, CA – brain fever from burst blood vessel
X	Kilroy	Susan H. Kuster	31 Jan 1870	8 Jan 1897	Yuba Co. - wife of Wm H – died Yuba Co. – LaGrippe, pneumonia
	Kneebone	Emaline Evalean	23 Apr 1891	21 Jan 1911	California
X	Kneebone	Jennifer Irene Whiteside	9 Jan 1893	3 Jan 1919	California – influenza, bronchial pneumonia, pregnancy
	Kuster	George Augustus Bird	1814	1 Jul 1889
X	Kuster	John D.	1838	Sep 1918	Berne, Switzerland
X	Kuster	Maria Wyss	28 Feb 1813	21 Feb 1896	Ruti bei Buren, Switzerland – died Yuba Co. – old age, heart failure
X	Kuster	Marion	1910	7 Apr 1911
X	Kuster	Mary Elizabeth Reynolds	16 Aug 1852	25 Jul 1918	Missouri – chronic tuberculosis, inflammatory rheumatism, heart failure
	Kuster	Nevada A. Nichols	1853	25 Jun 1908	n/o California
X	Kuster	Raymond	1900	1909
	Kuster	Reynolds Loomer	19 Jul 1905	11 Nov 1923	n/o Wheatland – auto accident
X	Kuster	Samuel	28 Jul 1840	2 Jan 1919	Berne, Switzerland – valvular lesion of heart
	Kuster	Samuel	20 Jul 1883	11 Dec 1931	Wheatland – cerebral hemorrhage, left hemiplegia
X	Kuster	Willie	1902	1904
X	Laughlin	Welda E. Hiatt	3 Feb 1912	14 Apr 1998	Cloverdale, CA
X	Laughlin	Woodrow Wilson	24 Feb 1916	18 Sep 1992	Bonham, Texas – died Sutter Co.
X	Lawson	Leonard Alvin	15 Jun 1904	3 May 1985	Boonville, CA – died Yuba Co.
X	Lawson	Robert William	1 Nov 1940	13 Feb 1987	California – died Yuba Co.
X	Lofton	Albert	23 Apr 1838	7 May 1895	Hancock Co., Illinois – Brights disease
X	Lofton	Francis R.	25 May 1816	30 Apr 1900	Indiana – died Yuba Co. – cystitis
X	Lofton	Jamima Harding	1 Mar 1816	22 Jan 1899	Kentucky – died Yuba Co. - LaGrippe
	McDevitt	Almeda E. Kuster	No dates		Yuba Co.
X	McDevitt	Joseph	1880	2 Jan 1919	Bodie, Nevada – blacksmith – influenza – died Sacramento Co.
X	Miller	Susan	11 Jan 1832	4 May 1863	Illinois - wife of E
X	Muck	Charles	13 Feb 1854	9 Feb 1929	Wheatland – son of Geo. & Jane
X	Muck	Francis Henry (Frank)	3 Aug 1866	28 Apr 1932	n/o Wheatland - son of Geo & Jane – acute occlusion coronary artery, arteriosclerosis
X	Muck	George E.	7 Aug 1816	12 Dec 1886	Pennsylvania – husb of Jane - paralysis
X	Muck	Jane Spencer	22 Feb 1828	2 Jun 1911	England – wife of Geo.
X	Muck	Nathaniel Thomas	1855	4 Nov 1892	Yuba Co. - son of Geo. & Jane – run over by RR engine
X	Muck	Sarah Jane	6 Mar 1861	7 Jun 1863	dau. of Geo. & Jane
X	Murphy	Richard C.	23 Mar 1914	17 Sep 1914	California – hydrocephalus, spina bifida
X	Nutt	Arthur Francis	2 Mar 1886	4 Nov 1952	Yuba Co. – died Yuba Co.
	Nutt	Howard Ernest	14 Nov 1924	4 Apr 1931	Yuba Co. – accidental drowning
X	Nutt	Mary L. Kuster	1886	10 Oct 1935	California
	Nutt	Minnie	25 Jul 1919	4 Apr 1931	Yuba Co. – accidental drowning
	Nutt	Willard	28 Feb 1922	4 Apr 1931	Yuba Co. – accidental drowning
X	Perkins	Almira J.	1818	10 Jan 1865	wife of J L
X	Perkins	George Derbon (Dunbar)	20 Oct 1886	30 Oct 1918	California - influenza
X	Perkins	Helen Lucille Wert	1915	16 Mar 2005	Grand Junction, Colorado – w/o Joe – d: Sutter Co.
X	Perkins	J. A.	1841	1913
X	Perkins	Jabesh Ladd	7 May 1819	29 Sep 1889	New Hampshire - apoplexy
X	Perkins	Jane Ann	29 Jan 1849	1 Aug 1908	Pennsylvania – organic disease of heart & blood vessel, cerebral hemorrhage
X	Perkins	John L.	No dates		son of JA & JA – 5y 5m
X	Perkins	Joseph A.	17 Jun 1843	8 Nov 1913	New Hampshire – lobular pneumonia
X	Perkins	Joseph Orlo	24 Dec 1914	30 May 1991	California – died Sutter Co.
X	Perkins	Samuel A.	No dates		son of JA & JA – 3y 5m
X	Perkins	Sena Louisa Whiteside	21 Jul 1887	16 Apr 1981	California – died Yuba Co.
X	Perkins	William J.	No dates		son of JA & JA – 8y 8m
	Pittman	infant	25 Jul 1918	25 Jul 1918	n/o Spenceville, Nevada Co. – son of Ernest & Myrtle - stillbirth, uterine contractures to immature fetal head
X	Pittman	J. William	1887	1919
	Pittman	Luther C. Sr.	10 Mar 1852	30 Dec 1943	Iowa – died Yuba Co.
X	Pittman	Luther C. Jr.	1886	8 Oct 1907	California – fever – died Chico, Butte Co.
	Pittman	Rebecca E.	1861	1928
X	Rinehart	Allen W. or W. Allen	23 Sep 1881	6 Oct 1918	Missouri – pulmonary tuberculosis
X	Rinehart	Anna Rosetta	23 Nov 1844	17 Jan 1925	Pennsylvania – bronchial pneumonia, chronic rheumatism
	Rockefeller	Emily E.	1888	28 Jun 1891	Yuba Co. – spinal & cerebral convulsions
X	Rockefeller	Sylvia E. Wellman	16 Aug 1866	24 Jan 1929	temp. marker
X	Ross	Meta	16 Feb 1899	26 Jun 1899	California – dau of WB – died Yuba Co. - inanition
	Sampson	Vera Ency Wellman	5 Jun 1862	14 Nov 1914	Omaha, Nebr. – died San Francisco Co.
	Sanford	Sadie Evelyn	23 Sep 1899	4 Dec 1919
X	Sargent	Martin Hollis	8 Sep 1920	10 Sep 1920	n/o Marysville - son of Lawrence & Orpha
X	Scott	Alice F. Boardman	2 Jan 1872	5 Jan 1903	California – died Yuba Co. – child birth
X	Scott	William	10 May 1870	18 Aug 1906	Lisbon, NY – typhoid fever
	Smith	Hubert Lee (Bert)	1950	22 Sep 2005	n/o Red Bluff, CA
	Wallis	infant	4 Sep 1913	12 Sep 1913	Yuba Co. – son of Arthur
X	Wellman	Amos Daniel	2 Dec 1878	10 Jan 1933	Marysville – one of set of triplets – stomach hemorrhage
X	Wellman	Ency Melissa Paige	23 Mar 1841	8 Apr 1901	E. Springwater, Livingston Co., NY – heart problems, dropsy
	Wellman	George Eliphet	1 Apr 1872	4 Dec 1919	California – mitral insufficiency
	Wellman	Infant	No date	5 Apr 1913	child of AD
X	Wellman	Maria Hulda Kuster	10 Apr 1874	2 Oct 1913	California – chronic Bright’s disease, heart disease
	Wellman	Marjorie Eleanor	16 Jul 1920	20 Sep 1920	California – bronchial pneumonia
	Wellman	Miles Edwin	2 Aug 1837	3 Dec 1915	Winstead, CT – husb. of Ency – chronic bronchitis
	Wellman	Olive E.	6 Apr 1906	13 Jun 1927	Nevada City, CA – fractured ribs, punctured lung & kidney; auto accident
	Wellman	Pearl Mildred	26 Apr 1908	10 Dec 1908	Pneumonia
X	Westlake	Susie E.	9 May 1859	29 Sep 1937	Yuba Co.
	White	Arzella	1839	30 Jan 1915	Missouri
X	Whiteside	Emily Wilhelmina	31 Aug 1911	14 Jun 1978	Cortez, CO – died Placer Co. – auto accident, car hit by train
X	Whiteside	George Martin	10 Dec 1865	9 Nov 1925	Yuba Co. – stomach cancer
X	Whiteside	Harold M.	16 Nov 1891	3 Jan 1919	California – influenza, bronchial pneumonia
X	Whiteside	Leslie	28 Oct 1896	6 Jan 1919	California – influenza, bronchial pneumonia
X	Whiteside	Louisa Kuster	25 Mar 1847	25 Sep 1934	Ohio – with Orlo
X	Whiteside	Meryl Alverta	31 Oct 1912	4 Jan 1919	California - scarlet fever, bronchial pneumonia
X	Whiteside	Nancy Jane Perkins	5 Jan 1871	16 Jul 1945	Yuba Co. – died Yuba Co.
X	Whiteside	Orlo	3 Jan 1836	16 Oct 1894	Ohio – died Yuba Co. – liver congestion, phthisis
X	Whiteside	Vernon Earl	28 Feb 1910	27 Jan 1982	Yuba Co. – died Placer Co.
X	Zink	Elizabeth (Lizzie) Lofton Creps	18 Sep 1840	9 Feb 1903	Indiana – 1^st marr. Samuel Creps, 2d marr. Jacob Zink - died Yuba Co. - apoplexy

Phyllis Smith is researching the families who are buried at the Lofton Cemetery. Her maternal grandfather’s family, the Wellman's, are buried at Lofton. Phyllis would be very interested to hear from anyone who knows the history, genealogy, or even any stories about the families listed.

Bea Barton is a descendent of Whiteside, Perkins, Kuster families buried here and would like to hear from others related to these families.

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